BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition contents: Blazblue: Calamity Trigger game Exclusive presentation box packaging 100-page Artbook Tutorial DVD – features explanations of advanced fighting techniques BlazBlue is a new experience in 2D
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(out of 6 reviews)
List Price: £44.99
Price: £18.48
Review by cherokee for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
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I was recommended to BlazBlue by some mates on Facebook who told me to get this game as it is awesome. They said the online multi-player is ‘lag free’ and I should get involved. So I did….it’s amazing !!!!!!! BlazBlue is a game for everyone (as I am the worst gamer of all my mates), but even I can beat my mates at this as it is sooooo easy to pick up…..I can even do the special moves which is something I have always struggled to do with other fighting games.
If you want a game that is great fun, easy to play and has a multi-player option that is awesome, then go and buy this now !!!!
Review by Kleckerei for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
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The colours of the characters and backgrounds are amazing. The detail is stunning. Online play is a dream. But obviously best to get yourself sorted with a favourite character first (and build up some moves, which is pretty easy). Mine is Hakumen, though it is most fun playing Taokaka with all her bad taste taunts.
Once you get up and running the fighting is as hard as you want it to be. Thankfully there is a Beginner setting for learners like me. Though after only a short time you will be moving onto more advanced settings. I am a long way from the Hell setting… though I make long enough combos, my best so far is 23. The COM is a pretty good opponent. But playing your mates in Versus mode is best for me.
And one of the best parts I like about the game is that each characters fights really differently. The way it works is that you might hit upon a really cool combo strategy as Noel to floor Bang time and time again. But next up, when you play Litchi the same thing does not seem to have hardly any effect and you have to find a new route in. That stops it quickly becoming repetitive and really does make it a lot of fun
DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED
Review by Omen27 for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
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First off, I’ll go through the contents of the Limited edition itself, in case there is any confusion.
It contains the game (obviously) a gorgeous art book containing character & location artwork. Finally, if you need proof of how hardcore this game is, the limited edition contains a 2-hour DVD containing fighting tutorials. Yeah… hardcore.
So, onto the games modes.
There is the usual arcade mode where you fight through 10 computer controlled opponents. If you have 2 controllers attached to your PS3, a second player can jump in an fight against you.
Versus Mode is where you can customise whatever you like. 1-2 players, choose your stage, music etc.
A very good story mode is also available where you get to learn about the, quite frankly, strange but wonderfully-Japanese world. Select a character and choose the path you want to follow.
The training mode where you practice your moves… nothing too complex here.
There is a gallery where you can listen to all the incredible in-game music, view screenshots and watch CG events.
Of course, there is also an online mode to Blazblue where you can have a lot of fun with up to 6 players. (2 people fighting with the others watching the match) and then you have your ranked games where you can try to get to the top of the leader board. on ranked games, you also earn RP (Rebel points) which you can use to purchase titles. The flashier the match, the more RP you earn.
All online matches are also recordable, so if you win a very close match, or completely annihilate a friend, you have proof!
If you like fighting games, but hate button bashing, this is the game for you. This game requires practice, even to the most seasoned of gamer. One move-set may work against one character, but completely fails against another. There is a steep learning curve for each character, but once you master them, the rewards are endless as I guarantee you won’t ever be beaten by a 12 year old on their first time playing.
The games Anime-style comes across very well and all-in-all it is one of the best fighting games available this generation.
Some may be turned off by the steep learning curve, others will relish the fact that only the best of the best can get to the top of the leader boards.
It’s up to you…. (Super) Street Fighter 4 is a great alternative.
Review by Haunted Nostril for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
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Guilty gear had me hooked, I’m not ashamed to admit I was a total fan boy and Sol Badguy is one of my all-time favourite game characters ever, right next to Rick from Splatterhouse and Kratos from the GOW trilogy. When I worked for Sony in thier QA department Guilty Gear stood as my favourite 2 weeks of testing in 4 years on the job. So how does Arc’s new kid on the block stand up to Guilty Gear and all the rest of the beat `em up rabble on the shelves at the moment? Read on to find out more:
THE GOOD:
- The animation is smooth and flows like an absolute dream…albeit a crazy wacked out dream featuring blobs that jet out random insect limbs and strange vampire girls with weird catlike familiars.
- As touched upon above the characters are inventive and strange although not as unique as they first appear, but more on this later.
- The controls are responsive and sharp as the razor edged weapons on display in game.
- The backgrounds are truly stunning, my favourite is the spooky castle with the rose bed and numerous grimacing pumpkins and ghouls dotted about it`s haunted grounds.
- The soundtrack is cheesy, thumping, guitar widdles that fit nicely with the equally O.T.T. action blurring across the screen.
- Sound effects give the whole thing a spine of steel and sound great blasting through my sound system.
- Some of the moves are impressive and others are so ludicrous and bizarre they beg for jaws to drop – in a good way.
- The control system is easy to pick up and learn, especially for old hands at guilty gear such as myself, but there is enough depth to keep you delving.
- Both Japanese and English vocalisations are on offer which is very nice.
- Tons of stuff to unlock such as art, new `Astral’ moves and lengthy stories to follow.
- Plenty of modes to battle through including online madness that, so far, has sight nor sound of lag.
THE BAD:
- The whole clichéd anime jive may put a lot of people off, I mean this is the full on, blue spiky hair, typical peed off and loopy weirdo protagonists and hideously contrived story lines manga experience cranked up to 11.
- A lot of the dialog is cringe worthy and anyone over 15 will find themselves gritting their teeth on a fair few occasions.
- The characters are all just slightly reworked, and not as cool, versions of their Guilty Gear counterparts and some even look near enough the same (e.g. Sol and Ragna, Potemkin and Iron Tager and Zappa and the equally strange Arakune to name but a few). It begs the question why not give us an all new Guilty gear experience, cut out some of the lesser characters and plonk in some new ones but work it all with that current gen graphical prowess. I know this is Guilty Gears `spiritual successor’ but most of it is just a plain rehash.
- 12 Characters just isn’t enough, sorry but it isn’t no matter their quality.
- Even if you learn all the ins and outs of the fighting system there are some of these mere 12 characters that just don’t rack up against some of the other overly powerful brutes, and therefore the title feels unbalanced at times.
- The reviews of this game (except this one) will give you the impression that this is something so different and new that we as mere gamers will be stunned at its majesty…well as you can see by my above points it doesn’t really live up to the hype (just look at IGN’s bloated brown-nosing of a review). Do not be fooled this is just Guilty Gear with a few brass nobs on.
THE UGLY TRUTH:
Did you dig the guilty gear series? Do you like 2d fighters in general? Does the mere mention of Garou: Mark of the Wolves send you to realms of heavenly gaming bliss? Then this is for you – you’ll find much to like but not reams of innovation as a lot of reviews would have you believe. With so many quality fighting games coming and going of late BB’s graphical style and teeny goth/anime world will surely make it a sure winner for a lot of fighting gamer buffs but is it the best of the bunch? I don’t think it is, don’t get me wrong it doesn’t miss the mark by a long way but I was expecting a lot more.
Review by Elias Ohayon for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – Limited Edition (PS3)
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the game is just GREAT !
Game design is fresh and new, gameplay is very similar to what Guilty Gear XX user to be (same developpers) and I think beginners as well as good fighting games players will enjoy this game for a long time !
The netplay is LAG FREE !
And for the collector edition we have a great artbook, and a good DVD tutorial to learn the basics.
A must-have for all 2D fighting game players.